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Alayna Pearson Season 2024

#24
PosL
Ht5-6
YearSophomore
HometownOverland Park, Kan.
Previous SchoolTexas A&M

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CAREER HONORS

  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll (Texas A&M)
  • AD Honor Roll (Spring 2023 - Texas A&M) 

SOPHOMORE (2024)

  • Appeared in six matches, competing in 12 sets
  • Registered two aces and four digs
  • Made Mizzou debut against Louisville (9/7), grabbing a pair of digs
  • Notched consecutive service aces at LSU (9/27) and at Texas A&M (9/29)
  • Also had two digs to go with the ace in her return to Texas A&M (9/29)

PRIOR TO MIZZOU (TEXAS A&M / 2023)

  • Tallied 34 digs, eight assists and five aces over 17 matches (36 sets) in 2023
  • Made a pair of starts in 2023 
  • Registered a career-best nine digs and two aces versus Auburn (11/5/23)
  • Tallied a trio of assists with three digs against Tennessee (11/19/23)

HIGH SCHOOL (BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST)

  • Four-year starter for Blue Valley Northwest High School
  • Helped the Huskies reach the substate semifinals each of those four seasons
  • Named the 2022 Eastern Kansas League Defensive Player of the Year 
  • Also earned EKL First Team honors
  • Prep Volleyball top 150 list in final three seasons

PERSONAL

  • Born on July 29
  • Father, Jayice Pearson, played defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs (1986–1992) and Minnesota Vikings (1993). He also wore #24
  • Studying Biological Sciences at Mizzou